Minima v3 (preview) Feedback

[ashmaroli]

Hello Jekyllers!

Its my belief that Minima v3 is almost ready for release. But before it is actually finalized with a soft feature-lock, I would like to get some feedback from the community.

For those not actively following the Minima v3 developments, listed below are some highlights:

• The base layout is now base.html instead of default.html.
• Theme-specific config keys date_format, show_excerpts, header_pages from v2.5 are now under the minima namespace: minima:date_format, minima:show_excerpts, minima:nav_pages respectively.
• New in v3 are skins that are variations of the color-schemes of the theme. A skin may be opted into by the site owner before building the site via config key minima:skin.
• Social platform icons are now rendered using Font Awesome Free webfont via their remote CDN. They are configured via a list under minima:social_links.
• Various Sass partials as hooks to ease customizing the theme.
• Sticky header
• Mobile navigation styled into a full-height drawer easeing into the viewport from the right.
• Other miscellaneous style changes.

You may preview the theme either via https://jekyll.github.io/minima or consuming the theme in a dummy site directly from the repository either via the jekyll-remote-theme plugin or via the Gemfile directly.

Thank you.

[zuohd]

I love Mimima,but I wonder why the pagination feature is not added,what's the consideration behind it?

[ashmaroli]

Pagination feature is supported in Minima v3, though.

[bricelam]

I initially upgraded to v3 in May 2023 (to 2863624), and just now upgraded to the latest (8106bd4). It was a bit of work, but I love how many of my v2 customizations I was able to remove because they're just built in now. Also, the customizations I've kept feel so much cleaner now with well-defined extension points like comments.html, custom-head.html, and custom-styles.scss. I also love the visual refinements you've made in v3. Thank you for all your work! This is by far my favorite Jekyll theme.

[ashmaroli]

Thank you very much for your positive feedback. Much appreciated ☺️